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Scott Oakes

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentPathology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Scott Oakes’s laboratory studies how mammalian cells commit “suicide” in response to various forms of damage and what goes wrong with this process in cancer and other diseases. In particular, they focus on a type of stress that occurs when the cell’s protein folding factory—an organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum—is overwhelmed and protein quality control fails. He is actively engaged in developing drugs to control cell fate under these conditions, which have potential to benefit patients with diseases from cancer to neurodegeneration.


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    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAPostdoctoral Scholar06/2005Biochemistry & Cell Biology
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAResidency06/2000Pathology
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CTM.D.05/1998Medicine
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, M.D.Research Scholar06/1996Immunology
    Elmira College, Elmira, NYB.A.06/1993Biochemistry
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    2019Outstanding Investigator Award, American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
    2018Stein Innovation Award, Research to Prevent Blindness , Inc.
    2017Outstanding Mentor Award, University of California San Francisco
    2015 - 2017Neuroendocrine Tumor Award, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    2013 - 2015Scholar-Innovator Award, Harrington Discovery Institute
    2013Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
    2012 - 2015Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society
    2007 - 2011Early Career Physician Scientist Award, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    2006 - 2007Junior Investigator Award, American Cancer Society
    2003 - 2008Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08), NIAMS, NIH
    1995 - 1996Research Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    1993Valedictorian, Elmira College

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    K08AI054650     (OAKES, SCOTT A)May 1, 2003 - Apr 30, 2008
    NIH
    BAX/BAK control ER-mitochondria apoptotic crosstalk
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01CA136577     (OAKES, SCOTT A)May 1, 2009 - Feb 28, 2015
    NIH
    Signaling Cell Death from the Endoplasmic Reticulum
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DK095306     (PAPA, FEROZ R)Aug 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2017
    NIH
    Attenuating ER and oxidative stress signaling to reduce cell degeneration in vivo
    Role: Principal Investigator (MPI)
    T32CA177555     (OAKES, SCOTT A.)Sep 12, 2013 - Aug 31, 2018
    NIH
    Molecular Pathology of Cancer
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01CA219815     (OAKES, SCOTT A.)Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2022
    NIH
    Targeting the Unfolded Protein Response in PanNETs
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01EY027810     (GOULD, DOUGLAS)Feb 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2023
    NIH
    Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Photoreceptor Degeneration
    Role: Principal Investigator (MPI)

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    1. Nguyen LC, Yang D, Nicolaescu V, Best TJ, Ohtsuki T, Chen SN, Friesen JB, Drayman N, Mohamed A, Dann C, Silva D, Gula H, Jones KA, Millis JM, Dickinson BC, Tay S, Oakes SA, Pauli GF, Meltzer DO, Randall G, Rosner MR. Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response. bioRxiv. 2021 Mar 10. PMID: 33758843.
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    2. Oakes SA. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signaling in Cancer Cells. Am J Pathol. 2020 05; 190(5):934-946. PMID: 32112719.
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    3. Moore PC, Qi JY, Thamsen M, Ghosh R, Peng J, Gliedt MJ, Meza-Acevedo R, Warren RE, Hiniker A, Kim GE, Maly DJ, Backes BJ, Papa FR, Oakes SA. Parallel Signaling through IRE1a and PERK Regulates Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Growth and Survival. Cancer Res. 2019 12 15; 79(24):6190-6203. PMID: 31672843.
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    4. Moore PC, Cortez JT, Chamberlain CE, Alba D, Berger AC, Quandt Z, Chan A, Cheng MH, Bautista JL, Peng J, German MS, Anderson MS, Oakes SA. Elastase 3B mutation links to familial pancreatitis with diabetes and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Clin Invest. 2019 08 01; 129(11):4676-4681. PMID: 31369399.
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    5. Brondfield S, Boscardin C, Strewler G, Hyland K, Oakes SA, Nishimura H, Crawford J, Hauer KE. A Medical Student Inquiry Behavior Assessment Tool: Development and Validity Evidence. Acad Med. 2019 04; 94(4):586-594. PMID: 30431452.
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    6. Hiniker A, Oakes SA, Rao RC. Bilateral Choroidal Metastases from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ophthalmology. 2017 12; 124(12):1825. PMID: 29157429.
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    7. Moore PC, Oakes SA. CPEB4 links the clock and the UPR to protect the liver. Nat Cell Biol. 2017 01 31; 19(2):79-81. PMID: 28139654.
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    8. Oakes SA. Endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis: a key checkpoint in cancer. . 2017 Feb 01; 312(2):C93-C102. PMID: 27856431.
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    9. Wang ES, Reyes NA, Melton C, Huskey NE, Momcilovic O, Goga A, Blelloch R, Oakes SA. Fas-Activated Mitochondrial Apoptosis Culls Stalled Embryonic Stem Cells to Promote Differentiation. Curr Biol. 2015 Dec 07; 25(23):3110-8. PMID: 26585277.
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    10. Hetz C, Chevet E, Oakes SA. Erratum: Proteostasis control by the unfolded protein response. Nat Cell Biol. 2015 Aug; 17(8):1088. PMID: 26239530.
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    11. Hetz C, Chevet E, Oakes SA. Proteostasis control by the unfolded protein response. Nat Cell Biol. 2015 Jul; 17(7):829-38. PMID: 26123108.
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    12. Huskey NE, Guo T, Evason KJ, Momcilovic O, Pardo D, Creasman KJ, Judson RL, Blelloch R, Oakes SA, Hebrok M, Goga A. CDK1 inhibition targets the p53-NOXA-MCL1 axis, selectively kills embryonic stem cells, and prevents teratoma formation. Stem Cell Reports. 2015 Mar 10; 4(3):374-89. PMID: 25733019.
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    13. Guo WT, Wang XW, Yan YL, Li YP, Yin X, Zhang Q, Melton C, Shenoy A, Reyes NA, Oakes SA, Blelloch R, Wang Y. Suppression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and apoptotic pathways by miR-294/302 family synergistically blocks let-7-induced silencing of self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. Cell Death Differ. 2015 Jul; 22(7):1158-69. PMID: 25501598.
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    14. Oakes SA, Papa FR. The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in human pathology. Annu Rev Pathol. 2015; 10:173-94. PMID: 25387057.
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    15. Crane CA, Austgen K, Haberthur K, Hofmann C, Moyes KW, Avanesyan L, Fong L, Campbell MJ, Cooper S, Oakes SA, Parsa AT, Lanier LL. Immune evasion mediated by tumor-derived lactate dehydrogenase induction of NKG2D ligands on myeloid cells in glioblastoma patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Sep 02; 111(35):12823-8. PMID: 25136121.
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    16. Ghosh R, Wang L, Wang ES, Perera BG, Igbaria A, Morita S, Prado K, Thamsen M, Caswell D, Macias H, Weiberth KF, Gliedt MJ, Alavi MV, Hari SB, Mitra AK, Bhhatarai B, Schürer SC, Snapp EL, Gould DB, German MS, Backes BJ, Maly DJ, Oakes SA, Papa FR. Allosteric inhibition of the IRE1a RNase preserves cell viability and function during endoplasmic reticulum stress. Cell. 2014 Jul 31; 158(3):534-48. PMID: 25018104.
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    17. van Dis V, Kuijpers M, Haasdijk ED, Teuling E, Oakes SA, Hoogenraad CC, Jaarsma D. Golgi fragmentation precedes neuromuscular denervation and is associated with endosome abnormalities in SOD1-ALS mouse motor neurons. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2014 Apr 07; 2:38. PMID: 24708899.
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    18. Wang L, Perera BG, Hari SB, Bhhatarai B, Backes BJ, Seeliger MA, Schürer SC, Oakes SA, Papa FR, Maly DJ. Divergent allosteric control of the IRE1a endoribonuclease using kinase inhibitors. Nat Chem Biol. 2012 Dec; 8(12):982-9. PMID: 23086298.
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    19. Upton JP, Wang L, Han D, Wang ES, Huskey NE, Lim L, Truitt M, McManus MT, Ruggero D, Goga A, Papa FR, Oakes SA. IRE1a cleaves select microRNAs during ER stress to derepress translation of proapoptotic Caspase-2. Science. 2012 Nov 09; 338(6108):818-22. PMID: 23042294.
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    20. Lerner AG, Upton JP, Praveen PV, Ghosh R, Nakagawa Y, Igbaria A, Shen S, Nguyen V, Backes BJ, Heiman M, Heintz N, Greengard P, Hui S, Tang Q, Trusina A, Oakes SA, Papa FR. IRE1a induces thioredoxin-interacting protein to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome and promote programmed cell death under irremediable ER stress. Cell Metab. 2012 Aug 08; 16(2):250-64. PMID: 22883233.
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    21. Cheng CK, Gustafson WC, Charron E, Houseman BT, Zunder E, Goga A, Gray NS, Pollok B, Oakes SA, James CD, Shokat KM, Weiss WA, Fan QW. Dual blockade of lipid and cyclin-dependent kinases induces synthetic lethality in malignant glioma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 31; 109(31):12722-7. PMID: 22802621.
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    22. Austgen K, Johnson ET, Park TJ, Curran T, Oakes SA. The adaptor protein CRK is a pro-apoptotic transducer of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Nat Cell Biol. 2011 Dec 18; 14(1):87-92. PMID: 22179045.
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    23. Austgen K, Oakes SA, Ganem D. Multiple defects, including premature apoptosis, prevent Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication in murine cells. J Virol. 2012 Feb; 86(3):1877-82. PMID: 22130538.
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    24. Shore GC, Papa FR, Oakes SA. Signaling cell death from the endoplasmic reticulum stress response. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2011 Apr; 23(2):143-9. PMID: 21146390.
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    25. Fan QW, Cheng C, Hackett C, Feldman M, Houseman BT, Nicolaides T, Haas-Kogan D, James CD, Oakes SA, Debnath J, Shokat KM, Weiss WA. Akt and autophagy cooperate to promote survival of drug-resistant glioma. Sci Signal. 2010 Nov 09; 3(147):ra81. PMID: 21062993.
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    26. Reyes NA, Fisher JK, Austgen K, VandenBerg S, Huang EJ, Oakes SA. Blocking the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway preserves motor neuron viability and function in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Clin Invest. 2010 Oct; 120(10):3673-9. PMID: 20890041.
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    27. Han D, Lerner AG, Vande Walle L, Upton JP, Xu W, Hagen A, Backes BJ, Oakes SA, Papa FR. IRE1alpha kinase activation modes control alternate endoribonuclease outputs to determine divergent cell fates. Cell. 2009 Aug 07; 138(3):562-75. PMID: 19665977.
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    28. Upton JP, Austgen K, Nishino M, Coakley KM, Hagen A, Han D, Papa FR, Oakes SA. Caspase-2 cleavage of BID is a critical apoptotic signal downstream of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Jun; 28(12):3943-51. PMID: 18426910.
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    29. Han D, Upton JP, Hagen A, Callahan J, Oakes SA, Papa FR. A kinase inhibitor activates the IRE1alpha RNase to confer cytoprotection against ER stress. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jan 25; 365(4):777-83. PMID: 18035051.
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    30. Oakes SA. Mitochondria control calcium entry at the immunological synapse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 25; 104(39):15171-2. PMID: 17881558.
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    31. Oakes SA, Lin SS, Bassik MC. The control of endoplasmic reticulum-initiated apoptosis by the BCL-2 family of proteins. Curr Mol Med. 2006 Feb; 6(1):99-109. PMID: 16472117.
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    32. Oakes SA, Scorrano L, Opferman JT, Bassik MC, Nishino M, Pozzan T, Korsmeyer SJ. Proapoptotic BAX and BAK regulate the type 1 inositol trisphosphate receptor and calcium leak from the endoplasmic reticulum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jan 04; 102(1):105-10. PMID: 15613488.
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    33. Oakes SA, Korsmeyer SJ. Untangling the web: mitochondrial fission and apoptosis. Dev Cell. 2004 Oct; 7(4):460-2. PMID: 15469833.
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    34. Bassik MC, Scorrano L, Oakes SA, Pozzan T, Korsmeyer SJ. Phosphorylation of BCL-2 regulates ER Ca2+ homeostasis and apoptosis. EMBO J. 2004 Mar 10; 23(5):1207-16. PMID: 15010700.
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    35. Oakes SA, Opferman JT, Pozzan T, Korsmeyer SJ, Scorrano L. Regulation of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ dynamics by proapoptotic BCL-2 family members. Biochem Pharmacol. 2003 Oct 15; 66(8):1335-40. PMID: 14555206.
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    36. Scorrano L, Oakes SA, Opferman JT, Cheng EH, Sorcinelli MD, Pozzan T, Korsmeyer SJ. BAX and BAK regulation of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+: a control point for apoptosis. Science. 2003 Apr 04; 300(5616):135-9. PMID: 12624178.
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    37. Scorrano L, Ashiya M, Buttle K, Weiler S, Oakes SA, Mannella CA, Korsmeyer SJ. A distinct pathway remodels mitochondrial cristae and mobilizes cytochrome c during apoptosis. Dev Cell. 2002 Jan; 2(1):55-67. PMID: 11782314.
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    38. Candotti F, Oakes SA, Johnston JA, Giliani S, Schumacher RF, Mella P, Fiorini M, Ugazio AG, Badolato R, Notarangelo LD, Bozzi F, Macchi P, Strina D, Vezzoni P, Blaese RM, O'Shea JJ, Villa A. Structural and functional basis for JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency. Blood. 1997 Nov 15; 90(10):3996-4003. PMID: 9354668.
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    39. Taylor N, Candotti F, Smith S, Oakes SA, Jahn T, Isakov J, Puck JM, O'Shea JJ, Weinberg K, Johnston JA. Interleukin-4 signaling in B lymphocytes from patients with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency. J Biol Chem. 1997 Mar 14; 272(11):7314-9. PMID: 9054429.
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    40. Candotti F, Oakes SA, Johnston JA, Notarangelo LD, O'Shea JJ, Blaese RM. In vitro correction of JAK3-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency by retroviral-mediated gene transduction. J Exp Med. 1996 Jun 01; 183(6):2687-92. PMID: 8676091.
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    41. Johnston JA, Wang LM, Hanson EP, Sun XJ, White MF, Oakes SA, Pierce JH, O'Shea JJ. Interleukins 2, 4, 7, and 15 stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrates 1 and 2 in T cells. Potential role of JAK kinases. J Biol Chem. 1995 Dec 01; 270(48):28527-30. PMID: 7499365.
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    42. Cerullo LJ, Grutsch JF, Heiferman K, Osterdock R. The preservation of hearing and facial nerve function in a consecutive series of unilateral vestibular nerve schwannoma surgical patients (acoustic neuroma). Surg Neurol. 1993 Jun; 39(6):485-93. PMID: 8986719.
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